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Re:A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it by jabl on Monday August 01, 2022 @03:13AM (#32303010)
> It results in oddities like running your railroad at 16-2/3 Hz.

50 Hz railway systems are probably more common than 50/3, at least in Europe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_electrification_system...

25 kV AC 50 Hz (60 Hz in countries using such grid frequency) is the modern standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_kV_AC_railway_electrificati...

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